Efficient scheduling for PLC networks
Author(s) -
T. Chiras,
Polychronis Koutsakis,
M. Paterakis
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el:20073394
Subject(s) - aloha , computer network , computer science , scheduling (production processes) , the internet , access control , media access control , access network , internet access , last mile (transportation) , bandwidth allocation , channel access method , scheme (mathematics) , bandwidth (computing) , telecommunications , mile , wireless , engineering , throughput , mathematical analysis , operations management , physics , mathematics , astronomy , world wide web
Powerline communications (PLC) are currently being considered as an alternative for high-speed data communications and Internet access. Presented is an efficient bandwidth allocation scheme which significantly excels in comparison to the Extended Aloha Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for the 'last mile' access PLC networks
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